Title: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies collection

Dates: 1972-2002

Collection number: GTU 2001-9-01

Creator:
Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies

Collection Size:
20 boxes
15.50 feet

Repository:
The
Graduate Theological Union. Library.

Berkeley, CA 94709

Abstract: Organized in 1972 as the Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies and incorporated in 1974, the name was changed
to Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies in 1977 to reflect inclusiveness of constituencies. PACTS
was an ecumenical center for research, resourcing, recruiting, training, and consciousness-raising which sought to promote
the fulfillment of God's mission through the ministries of the churches and the service of community groups.

Physical location: 5/E/1-5

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.

The formation of Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (PACTS) grew out of the need "to re-think faith
and reorient ministries in the light of the emergence of ethnic consciousness in the late 1960s." (PACTS information article,
1985; Box 6 ff 9.)

In February 1972, Dr. Wilbur Choy, of the United Methodist Church, invited a group of ministers to meet to talk about the
need for a center to focus on Asian American ministries. Further meetings followed. At a planning retreat held at Mills College
in Oakland, CA, March 1973, a "Statement of Priorities and Programs" was adopted. The Statement called for a center which
would relate to programs of higher education with special attention to seminaries, and relate to Asian American communities
with special attention to churches. The program would facilitate the expression of concerns for Asian American ministries
for a new vision of possibilities, developing new structures, and fostering a greater sense of spirit. "The theme of liberation,
political, economic, social, cultural, and spiritual-was the key." The center would be committed to conduct workshops and
training which fostered theological reflection, negotiate with seminaries in ways their programs could be changed to include
training in Asian American ministries, relate to churches through local and regional bodies and denominational caucuses, and
produce publications for dissemination of news, new developments, and sharing concerns. (First Annual Report, 1972-74; Box
5 ff 23.)

Incorporated as the Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies in March 1974, the name was changed to the Pacific and
Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies in 1977 to reflect an inclusiveness of constituencies. Roy I. Sano was appointed
the first Director, serving 1972-80. Dr. Sano was chaplain at Mills College, Oakland, CA so for the early years PACTS was
based there. In 1974, Dr. Sano was appointed a professor at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. PACTS moved to office
space at PSR in 1975.

PACTS was an "action/reflection, resource and service center for faith and ministry." (PACTS Catalogue: Publications, Services
and Resources; Box 6 ff 2). A national Board of Directors reflected the several Protestant denominations and broad representation
from Pacific and Asian ethnic groups. The Center presented an active program of conferences, workshops, courses, and events.
A Resource Bank was built up which came to include articles, unpublished papers, reports, proceedings, dissertations, theses,
periodicals, and other informational resources. The resources were available for research.

The 1980s continued the original program emphases and expanded to include women in ministry, ministry with immigrants, refugees
and native peoples, racial and ethnic concerns, and human rights. The 1980s also saw the establishment and growth of PANAAWTM
(Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry). Though an informal affiliation had continued with
the Graduate Theological Union since 1976, a formal affiliation agreement was signed in 1986. Lloyd Wake served as Director
1980-85; Fumitaka Matsuoka, 1985-87; and Julia Estrella (or Matsui-Estrella), 1987-95. Active and long serving staff members
included Kathleen Thomas-Sano, and Clifford Alika.

The 1991 mission statement described PACTS as "an ecumenical center for research, resourcing, recruiting, training, and consciousness-raising,
with foci on the Pacific and Asian American constituencies, to promote the fulfillment of God's mission through the ministries
of the churches and the service of community groups." PACTS offices were moved to the Graduate Theological Union in 1994.
Deborah Lee served as Director, 1995-2000. The program emphases again expanded to include ministry with Gays and Lesbians.

PACTS, throughout its history, was often in transition as it grappled with issues of mission, program, funding support, and
staffing. At the turn of the decade/century, these issues became overwhelming. Kyle Miura came to serve as Director in 2000.
Vital programs were still offered, but by 2002, it was not possible to continue. PACTS closed in May 2002.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Collection was packed in the office by the PACTS Director and transferred directly to the GTU Archives. The Collection
contains eleven Series. Series 1: Board of Governors/Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes; Series 2: Programs
Files; Series 3: PACTS Published Newsletters and Journals; Series 4: Funding; Series 5: Subject Files; Series 6: Resources
Library; Series 7: Photographs; Series 8: Slides; Series 9: Audiocassettes; Series 10: Videotapes; and Series 11: Computer
Disks. The Resources Library comprises the largest Series in the Collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Asian Americans--Religion.

Asian Americans--Religious life.

Asian Americans--Race identity.

Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Pacific Islander Americans--History--Sources.

Pacific Islander Americans--Religion.

Pacific Islander Americans--Religious life.

Pacific Islander Americans--Race identity.

Pacific Islander Americans--Ethnic identity.

Pacific Islander Americans--Social conditions.

Clergy, training of--History--Sources.

Asian American Women.

Women--Clergy--History--Sources.

Church work with Asian Americans.

Theology, doctrinal.

Church and social problems--Pacific Area.

Human rights--History--Sources.

Asians--Religious life.

Asian Americans.

Women and religion.

Pacific Area--Religion.

Index Terms Related to this Collection

Sano, Roy I. (Roy Isao), 1931-

Alika, Clifford.

Thomas-Sano, Kathleen Ann.

Estrella, Julia.

Wake, Lloyd.

Lee, Deborah.

Miura, Kyle.

Matsuoka, Fumitaka.

Nagano, Paul M.

Separated Material

I. Items transferred to the CIRCULATING collection of the Graduate Theological Union Library:

Asia's Struggle to Affirm Wholeness of Life, Report of a Consultation on TNC's in Asia: The Aftermath of Bhopal, (Hong Kong:
Christian Conference of Asia-Urban Rural Mission, 1985).

Honor Bound: A Personal Journey, The Story of the 100th, 442nd Regimental Combat Team-50 Years Later (Video-recording and
Teacher's Classroom Guide), (San Francisco, CA: National Japanese Historical Society, 1995).

In Clenched Fists of Struggle: Report of the Workshop on the Impact of TNC's in Asia, (Hong Kong: Urban Rural Mission-Christian
Conference of Asia, 1981).

Minoritized and Dehumanized: Reports and Reflections on the Condition of Tribal and Moro Peoples in the Philippines, (Philippines:
CCA-URM and NCCP-PACT, 1983).

Living Conversations: People of Apcific/Asian Heritage , History and Narratives1997 September

box-folder 4 : 4

Sacred Spaces in the Asian American Community: A Pilbrimage Connecting our Lives and the Past - San Francisco Chinatown Tour1997 November

box-folder 4 : 5

Events Notice1998

box-folder 4 : 6

Marriage and Sacred Union: Exploring Contemporary Issues of Faith and Culture in Love1998 October

box-folder 4 : 7

Women's Teaca. 1998

box-folder 4 : 8-9

Unfaithing U.S. Colonialism: A Centennial of Liberatory Struggle1898-1998

Scope and Content Note

The final publication is in the GTU Library, Call No. JV151 U53 1999.

box-folder 4 : 10

Talk Story: Racial Justice, Faith, and Reconciliation1999 March

box-folder 4 : 11

Korean Christian Education Teacher Training1999 May

box-folder 4 : 12

The Meaning of Birth: Pacific and Asian Celebrations of Birth1999 June

box-folder 4 : 13

Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation, Asian Americans and Religion Video Series1999 September

Scope and Content Note

See Video Tape 1 in Box 18.

box-folder 4 : 14

Opening the Gates of Heaven: Asian Pacific Gay and Lesbian Christians and Our Churches1999 October

box-folder 4 : 15

Compassion Opens the Door to Wisdom, a faith community's journey towards wholeness: Accepting Gay Men and Women in Pacific
Asian American Congregations
1999

box-folder 4 : 16

GRACE - PACTS, Gay/Lesbian Ministry2000

box-folder 4 : 17

Pacific and Asian Heritage and Regligiosity Series on Marriage, Birth, and Death. Living and Dying Well: Pacific Asian Perspectives
on Death and Dying
2000 January

box-folder 4 : 18

Opening the Gates of Heaven, and Follow-up. Tea House Concert - Celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender
Sisters and Brothers of Faith
2000 February

box-folder 4 : 19

Sacred Belonging: Re-membering the Past, Shaping the Present, and Re-visioning the Future, 15th Annual PANAAWTM Conference
(Pacific, Asian and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry)
2000 April

Scope and Content Note

Photos (possibly) in Box 16, ff 14.

Series 3
PACTS Published Newsletters and Journals.1975-1999

Physical Description: 18 folders

Scope and Content Note

Arranged chronologically.

box-folder 4 : 20-28

PACTS Occasional Bulletin1975-19851988

box-folder 4 : 29-34

Branches: Pacific and Asian American Journal of Theology and Ministry19791986-1997

Scope and Content Note

Includes
Branches and Pacific People Joint Publication Fall/Winter 1992-1993

box-folder 4 : 35-36

Pacific People1989-1995

box-folder 4 : 37

PACTS Page1998-1999

box-folder 4 : 38

Connections: Pacific and Asian Women in Ministry1981-1983

Series 4
Funding.1972-2001

Physical Description: 50 folders

Scope and Content Note

Sources of PACTS funding, proposals to and grants from various denominations and organizations. Arranged chronologically.

box-folder 4 : 39

Coalition for Human Needs, Episcopal Church1972

box-folder 4 : 40

Human Relations Day Offering1973-1976

box-folder 4 : 41

Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA1974-1976

box-folder 4 : 42

East Asia Working Group, National Council of Churches1975

box-folder 4 : 43

World Council of Churches, Division of Inter-Church Aid, U.S. Projects Screening Committee1975

Center for, or Program in Asian Religions and Culture at the GTU, 1997-98

Unfaithing U.S. Colonialism: Journal proposal to California-Nevada United Methodist Church Peace with Justice Grants, 1998

box-folder 6 : 36

Roy Sano - Report, New York Conference and Asian American Staff, United Methodist Church1977 December

box-folder 6 : 37

Scholarship Information1983-1987

box-folder 6 : 38

Search for the 8th President for the Pacific School of Religion: A Document on Events and Actions with Eight Proposals for
Broadening the Ethnic and Sexual Composition of Students, Faculty, Administrators, and Trustees
1979

PACTS collected resource material as part of their mission to be a "resource and service center for faith and ministry".
Resources were collected on a broad spectrum of subjects from authors, students, groups, organizations, denominations, and
agencies, etc. in the United States and areas around the world. Resources are both published and unpublished. PACTS made
copies of collected resources available to interested persons for the cost of printing and postage.

The Series is divided into five parts: 6-A Monographs,
6-B Articles and Papers, 6-C Subjects, 6-D Groups, and
6-E Periodicals.

Ministry in the Japanese Assembly Centers and Relocation Centers of World War II, Part 1, Lester E. Suzuki, D.Min. Dissertation, San Francisco Theology Seminary, San Anselmo, CA
1976

box-folder 10 : 1-2

Ministry in the Japanese Assembly Centers and Relocation Centers of World War II
, Parts 2-3, Lester E. Suzuki
ca. 1976

box-folder 10 : 3

The Mission of God in the Context of the Suffering and Struggling People of Asia, Kim Yong-Bock
undated

box-folder 10 : 4

Missionaries in Hawaii: Three Background Notes on the History, Hawaii Ecumenical Coalition
1993 July

box-folder 10 : 5

A Moment to Choose: Risking to be with Uprooted People, A Statement, World Council of Churches
1995

box-folder 10 : 6

Jitsuo Morikawa: Prophetic and Proactive, Special Issue of American Baptist Quarterly1993 June

box-folder 10 : 7

Morita Psychotherapy and Christianity: The Practice and Promise of an East Asian Way of Life in a Western Pluralistic Society, Brian Kenji Ogawa, D.Min. Dissertation, San Francisco Theology Seminary
1979

Niguidula, Lydia N.,
A View from the Two Thirds World about the Training of Christian Relief and Development Workers1987

box-folder 13 : 32

Nishi, Shunji F.,
Roots: Biological, Cultural, Religious1977

box-folder 13 : 33

Nishimoto, George,
Is There a Shortage of Ministers?1972

box-folder 13 : 34

Nolan, Albert,
Spiritual Growth and the Option for the Poorundated

box-folder 13 : 35

Ogoshi, Ted,
Problems of Japanese in Hawaiiundated

box-folder 13 : 36

Okawara, Mija,
Autobiographical Statementundated

box-folder 13 : 37

Okazaki, Ruby,
My Reflections1991

box-folder 13 : 38

Oshiro, Sandra,
Japanese American Churches: Their Attendance1981

box-folder 13 : 39

Pak, Sung H.,
Courage to Suffer: A Theology for Koreans in America1979

box-folder 13 : 40

Paogofie, Too R.,
Theological Analysis of Pacific City1978

box-folder 13 : 41

Park, Philip,
Asian American Reality Today1979

box-folder 13 : 42

Park, Philip,
Asian Americans From Stereotype to Affirmation1972

box-folder 13 : 43

Park, Philip,
Asian Christians and the Bicentennial1975

box-folder 13 : 44

Park, Philip,
Asian Identity and Interracial Marriage1974

box-folder 13 : 45

Park, Philip,
Koreans Struggle for Identity in Japan1974

box-folder 13 : 46

Park, Philip,
Toward a Racially Pluralistic Church1979

box-folder 13 : 47

Park, Philip,
When is a Korean Not a Korean?undated

box-folder 13 : 48

Partners for Peace: Final Statement of Faith Encounters in Social Action, Christian-Muslim dialogue for Justice and Solidarity, Jakarta, Indonesia, Federation of Asian Bishops conferences, Office
for Human Development
1996 July

Sano, Roy I.,
A Theology of Struggle from an Asian American Perspective1989

box-folder 13 : 111

There is no File Folder 111

box-folder 13 : 112

Sano, Roy I.,
This Matter of Integration1963

box-folder 13 : 113

Sano, Roy I., Three addresses to the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, United Methodist Church:
Changing Game Plans from Poker to Chess; From Yellow Peril to Yellow Pearl; and Basis of Hope for the Pacific Basin1973

Feliciano Carino,
From Spanish convent to Hollywood: The Philippine Past; Betrayal and Cooptation: The American Occupation of the Philippines;
Broken Promises in a Land of Promise: The Continuing Philippine Struggle.

box-tape 17 : 17

The Filipino Peopleundated

box-tape 17 : 18-18a

Unidentified discussion on ethnic identityundated

box-tape 17 : 19-20

CNOP Retreat, PACTS1988 February

Scope and Content Note

Richard and Alexia Rubio-Boli, Outreach to the Filipino Community

Walden Bello, Lobbying on Human Rights in Washington D.C.

box-tape 17 : 21-22

Interviews: Carlito Rallistan, the workers situation in the Philippines; and Mila Aguilar, poet and ex-political detaineeundated

box-tape 17 : 23

Life is Sacred: a series of killings in Mindanao, Philippinesundated

box-tape 17 : 24-25

National Council of Churches Racial Justice Working Group meeting, Oakland, CA on Hate Violence/Crimes in all communities,1991 March 19

Economic Justice, by Young Bok Kim, sponsored by the Northern California Support Association, The Northern California Ecumenical Development
Cooperative Society, the Ecumenical Council, PACTS, and the Pacific Ecumenical Forum
undated

Scope and Content Note

Julia Estrella appears on the tape.

box-tape 18 : 18

Letters to Thien, Trac Minh Vu, Director, Fusion Pictures
1998

Scope and Content Note

Thien Minh Ly, a high school student, was stabbed to death in Tustin, CA. His sister and family members write letters to
him to deal with their grief.